With an effective property tax rate of 1.96 percent, Cerro Gordo County has the highest tax rate among Iowa counties, according to an ATTOM Data Solutions analysis of property taxes levied on single-family homes.

The data shows Cerro Gordo County has 22,472 single-family homes with an average estimated value of about $110,000. The average tax amount is $2,162. The effective tax rate is the percentage of a home's value the owner pays in property taxes.

Keokuk County (0.82 percent) has the lowest ranked property tax rate in Iowa. Only those counties with at least 10,000 single-family homes -- a total of 1,414 U.S. counties in all -- were part of the ATTOM Data Solutions analysis.

Property tax rates for Iowa counties

County

Metro Area

Population

Number of Single-Family Homes

Average Estimated Value

Average Property Tax Amount

Effective Property Tax Rate

Cerro Gordo

Mason City, IA

43,481

22,472

$ 110,330

$ 2,162

1.96%

Pottawattamie

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

93,213

30,769

$ 147,089

$ 2,819

1.92%

Polk

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

452,369

137,486

$ 208,822

$ 3,966

1.90%

Clinton

Clinton, IA

48,365

20,962

$ 119,943

$ 2,218

1.85%

Black Hawk

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

132,496

40,411

$ 143,915

$ 2,543

1.77%

Buchanan

20,998

10,122

$ 107,829

$ 1,900

1.76%

Jasper

Newton, IA

36,726

13,131

$ 123,103

$ 2,158

1.75%

Johnson

Iowa City, IA

139,436

37,477

$ 239,725

$ 4,109

1.71%

Muscatine

Muscatine, IA

42,913

15,729

$ 137,188

$ 2,338

1.70%

Linn

Cedar Rapids, IA

216,640

72,089

$ 172,602

$ 2,936

1.70%

Marshall

Marshalltown, IA

40,962

18,414

$ 114,215

$ 1,891

1.66%

Story

Ames, IA

93,586

24,443

$ 203,168

$ 3,360

1.65%

Des Moines

Burlington, IA-IL

40,208

14,599

$ 118,678

$ 1,957

1.65%

Scott

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

169,994

55,688

$ 187,562

$ 3,077

1.64%

Sioux

34,509

13,299

$ 152,868

$ 2,435

1.59%

Lee

Fort Madison-Keokuk,

IA-IL-MO

35,369

16,520

$ 90,009

$ 1,374

1.53%

Wapello

Ottumwa, IA

35,315

18,432

$ 79,755

$ 1,214

1.52%

Woodbury

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

102,530

37,142

$ 133,586

$ 1,997

1.50%

Webster

Fort Dodge, IA

37,295

16,032

$ 107,389

$ 1,544

1.44%

Warren

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

47,542

18,641

$ 204,353

$ 2,863

1.40%

Dubuque

Dubuque, IA

95,906

34,039

$ 177,484

$ 2,465

1.39%

Marion

33,248

15,418

$ 149,645

$ 2,038

1.36%

Bremer

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

24,539

10,696

$ 171,414

$ 2,329

1.36%

Benton

Cedar Rapids, IA

25,803

10,141

$ 151,868

$ 2,062

1.36%

Dallas

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

74,892

20,323

$ 235,961

$ 3,170

1.34%

Crawford

17,252

16,181

$ 98,105

$ 1,074

1.10%

Hardin

17,393

15,400

$ 114,463

$ 1,245

1.09%

Dickinson

Spirit Lake, IA

16,967

15,116

$ 243,311

$ 2,321

0.95%

Carroll

20,629

10,307

$ 170,605

$ 1,442

0.85%

Keokuk

10,291

12,793

$ 116,578

$ 960

0.82%

Source: ATTOM Data Solutions

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